Moira O'Neill, Author of 'Songs of the Glen of Antrim,' writing to Mr Blackwood, says: "F.'s 'Stories of the English' was written for my little daughter Susan. The child is quite fascinated by it, but equally so are all the grown-up friends to whom I have shown it. I lent it once to a sailor uncle, and he sat up to all hours of that night with it, and afterwards told me that he could hardly believe that such an account of Nelson's great battles had been written by a woman, because it was technically accurate. And a soldier friend and critic used almost the same words about the account of Marlborough's campaigns. F. is the most patient and faithful student of history that I know. She has such a strong literary sense that she simply could not write anything except in a literary form, and combined with it she has that rare thing, a judicial mind. This, I think, gives her work a quite peculiar value."
Standard Readers.
Revised Edition. With Supplementary Pages, consisting of "Spelling Lists," "Word-Building," "Prefixes and Suffixes," &c. Profusely Illustrated with Superior Engravings.
| BOOK I. | 40 Lessons | 8d. |
| BOOK II. | 40 Lessons | 9d. |
| BOOK III. | 60 Lessons | 1s. 0d. |
| BOOK IV. | 60 Lessons | 1s. 3d. |
| BOOK V. | 60 Lessons | 1s. 4d. |
| BOOK VI. | 60 Lessons | 1s. 6d. |
Schoolmaster.—"We strongly recommend these books.... Children will be sure to like them; the matter is extremely suitable and interesting, the print very distinct, and the paper a pleasure to feel."
Infant Series.
| FIRST | PICTURE PRIMER. | Sewed, 2d.; cloth, 3d. |
| SECOND | PICTURE PRIMER. | Sewed, 2d.; cloth, 3d. |
| PICTURE | READING SHEETS. |
1st Series. | 2nd Series.
Each containing 16 sheets, unmounted, 3s. 6d. Mounted on 8 boards with cloth border, price 14s.; varnished, 3s. 6d. per set extra.